LNYCHPIN is a welcome and valuable linchpin for the continuing success of quality progressive, experimental, multiform rap that still bubbles throughout hip-hop's Mecca

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We begin our "Track for Track" series with Crimdella's Bury Me In Gold, Vol. 1, a 7-song EP that made it to our Essential New York Hip-Hop - 2016 Year End Edition

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Along with NYC-based production team 2 Hungry Bros., LiKWUiD successfully merges two typically disparate 'sounds' in modern hip-hop music -- NY and not-NY.

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Most year-end music lists are useless. Here's one that we think isn't, a year-end music list showcasing some of New York's best hip-hop music from 2016.

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Brooklyn's Skyzoo adds to his repertoire of solid, smart, lyrically expansive material with "The Easy Truth," produced entirely by Detroit musical mastermind, Apollo Brown

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Kemba celebrates his latest album 'Negus,' a perfect exhibit of why New York hip-hop isn't "back," rather, it never left. Joined by the illustrious Homeboy Sandman.

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NDL delivers complex-but-highly-understandable, meaningful lyrics, commanding voice, precise flow and a solid ear for exactly which beats to steal.

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From the moment Eff Yoo’s latest full-length project begins, the Queens MC hits you with the vibe that will define the rest of the Rediculus-produced, 11-track album — invitingly soulful, honestly lyrical and rather smooth. The Eff Word is, as Eff Yoo tells 7th Boro, “a reflection of me as a person. It’s not personal,” the Broken Crew […]

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A mix of old and new tracks, freestyles and songs from Harry Fraud featuring a varied mix of musical styles and featured artists.

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KRS-One, Redman, Jadakiss, Method Man and Public Enemy among rap's OGs with new project

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